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  1. An Earth Day message from me because why not. And because we have to keep fighting for our planet and everything we treasure.

    youtu.be/nesZUR04hK8

    Apologies for the Youtube link. This year I wanna make a peertube instance as part of the fight.

    #EarthDay #EarthDay2026 #VancouverIsland #PortAlberni #TransitionTown #FossilFuels #BCPoli #CamPoli #cdnpoli #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChange #ClimbingEmergency
    #fediverse #peertube

  2. Welcome to th 6th #ShelterChallenge wednesday update:

    This time I write about a spontaneous informative shelter building performance at the Transition Town seedmarket and about free to lend cargobikes in Bielefeld...

    I am contacting possible cooperation partners and present my masters project "Common Shelter" at local events. I reached one milestone: I successfully completed all necessary seminars at HSBI to start my last semester: From may 2026 I want to have a public shelter construction site as part of my masters project and i want to build real shelters. At the "Transition Town" Bielefeld seedmarket on march the 1st I started small:

    I build a shelter model from recycled wood sticks (as shown on the image) and later put it on my info table. There was also a big Infosheet, flyers and a small 3D printed shelter model my lecturer Prof. Edith Kollath gave me as a gift. I had good talks with visitors and people working at the seedmarket that was organized by "Transition Town" Bielefeld.

    "Transition Town" is a multicountry initiative for climatefriendly energy and local transformation. In Bielefeld it initiated repair cafés, community gardens and free cargobikes. At their infotable i found an interesting postcard about "Fleet Bielefeld" (in german "Flotte"):

    "Free cargo and transportbikes in Bielefeld. Cargobikes, parallel tandem, riksha – the Flotte Bielefeld counts 17 bikes and one folding bike. They are free to use (donation appreciated) – use not own. The Flotte Bielefeld is a network of different cargobike projects and together working for the transformation of traffic." (my translation)

    Cooperating initiatives are #ADFC, #AWO Sattelbar, Transition Town und #VCD OWL. All information on how to use and get the bikes is on flotte-bielefeld.de . A map with all bikes is here: flotte-bielefeld.de/#osm-stand

    One of my artistic ideas for the shelter construction site is that we together search resources for building and possibly use the free cargobikes to get them... e.g. gifted stones for the shelter legs and old pallets for the sleeping area.

    See you soon!

    #TransitionTown #seedmarket #cargobike #fleet #Bielefeld #wastewood #shelter #art

  3. Given the ongoing chaos, we urgently need all 8 billion of us to Fall in Love with a Future we’d be proud to leave as our legacy. Rob Hopkins of the #TransitionTown movement has a new book showing us how accidentalgods.life/falling-in-l #AccidentalGods #podcast w @[email protected]

    Falling in Love with the Futur...

  4. Ich lese gerade wieder von der Bezahlkarte.🤮

    Gibt es in #Darmstadt mittlerweile ein Tauschzentrum, oder Menschen, die das in die Hand nehmen?

    #transitiontown vielleicht?

    #caritas oder sonst eine
    Einrichtung unter dem Dach der #Kirche ? #Humanisten?

    Retrööt erwünscht.

  5. 4 years ago a bought a toy from a charity shop. Thanks to this code I got it to work:
    github.com/RogerHardiman/tenx_ alread old code!

    I then put it away because who knows?

    This week I Discovered a spring was not working so joined a and she fixed it! Thank you @DamonHD for telling me about the repair cafe!

    Dug out the code and the notes I wrote for myself in the future (in issue tracker) and got it working as good as it was!

    Free for a good home!

  6. #today I will be visiting a school (the one I used to be governor of) to help in due course move them away from gas heating and towards zero emissions. But all this requires today is some photos of gas boilers I think! I will also see if I can check that the solar #PV I put in is still running.

    Later I will be chairing the #AGM of #TTK #TransitionTown #Kingston and there will be snacks, and drinks!

    Tomorrow/Thursday will be at #uni for a #PGR/#ECR conference - I will present my #research.

  7. Transition. It can mean different things to different people. Here's what it means to some of the many local changemakers involved in our movement - and why it's important...

    "What I started it was all about sustainability and climate change - now I know it's about community..."

    Find out more: transitiontogether.org.uk

    #thisisTransition #WhatisTransition #climateaction #community #Transitiontown

  8. Congrats to Transition Group Ludlow21 celebrated 20 years of #Fairtrade in the town with the launch of a new Shopping Guide.

    It can be picked up in loads of local business and community spaces, as well as on their website. Check out the project here: fairtradeludlow.wordpress.com

    #fairtrade #Transition #community #Transitiontown #shropshire

  9. Community climate hub, SERO has re-opened in new high street premises in Carmarthen, with it’s New2You children’s swap shop, repair cafe, seed library, scrapstore, library of things and lively series of events.

    The hub’s aim is to make it easier to engage with climate action and which demonstrates a new kind of economy. One which values and normalises sharing and repairing above consuming, which connects people with neighbours and with lost skills.

    Thanks to a Transition Together seed-funding grant supported by The National Lottery Community Fund, last year they were able to employ Siobhan as Welsh language worker to offer their activities and programmes to both Welsh and English speakers.

    This weekend, they’ll celebrate St David’s Day with a bilingual crafts workshop.

    #Transitiontown #Wales #cliamtehub #community

  10. Last week, we were privileged to take a journey to the future with Rob Hopkins.

    He shared about his forthcoming book for the first time and had advice for activists on how to give people a window into what a positive future can look, smell, sound and taste like, as a way to inspire and engage folks with the action we need to take to build it.

    Watch back the recording of this brilliant session, which ranged from the landscape of beavers to Afrofuturism, music recordings to sound out the future to how art is paving the way for us to imagine different solutions. It is an inspiring way to start your year!

    📽🍿 transitiontogether.org.uk/when
    #transitiontown #lovethefuture #CommunityAction #ClimateAction #robhopkins

  11. Bridgehouse Gardens community group in South London has been on an incredible journey.

    Together, they have transformed a disused, vacant tarmac site into a thriving forest garden and built by hand a new community learning space, The Winslade Barn. Along the way, participants have learnt amazing practical skills, built community and created space for wildlife.

    Read their story: transitiontogether.org.uk/vaca

    #transitiontown #CommunityAction #ClimateAction #forestgarden

  12. How do you like our Transition Assembly picture?

    Created by amazing illustrator and screen-printer Imogen Donegan, we love how she’s captured the way the Assembly will bring us and the different threads of experience we hold together in a strong and vibrant pattern.

    It’s just seven weeks away - and we’d love to see you there. If you or your group been invited to attend, you have until 17 January to book and claim your place. Then these tickets will be released to allow other people who are waiting for a space to attend.

    Speak to us about anything that would support you to attend, including on-site childcare and bursary help with travel and accommodation costs.

    Find out more and register here:
    events.transitionmovement.org/

    #transition #transitiontown #community #climateaction #peoplesassembly

  13. Something to get in your new diary for the New Year...

    As we approach the first Transition Assembly, join Transition co-founder Rob Hopkins on 15 January for a sneak peek at his forthcoming book (June 2025) “How To fall in love with the future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World”.

    He'll also share a glimpse of his 'Field Recordings from the Future' music project scheduled for release at the same time and discuss how he imagines what's next for our communities, the Transition Movement and our world, why 'Cat-Women of the Moon' might be one of the most important films ever made, and why the cultivation of longing is one of the most vital skills for us to master.

    Book a ticket today, and start 2025 on a high note: events.transitionmovement.org/

    #Transition #Transitiontown #Climate #whatson #imagination #Climatediary

  14. Transition group @playthinkbrink welcomed broadcaster and activist Chris Packham for campfire tea and chat at their meantime use space in the centre of Belfast recently.

    Gawain Morrison, co-founder of Brink, said: "Just as it was about to snow, we sat round our fire pit & chatted about this part of the city, the heritage growing project on the site, with our partners Grow NI & quarto, the broken food system, renewables, activism & punk bands. Not a bad way to start the morning."

    The project aims to spark conversations and new thinking about how their city of Belfast can transition to a better future. Chris added a message on heritage linen to their story ring: “Winning is not giving up and the fuel is love and rage”

    #chrispackham #thisistransition #transitiontown #reimaginethefuture #storytelling #campfire #dontgiveup #belfast

  15. We're forming a Just Transition Circle, to deepen our work to put justice, equity and care for all at the centre of our work to foster community-led change.

    It's the next step in our Just Transition project, and will be led by people with lived experience of being marginalised in our society and in climate and social movements. We're looking for eight people to bring a mix of voices and experiences and join us in this exploration.

    Read more and express interest here:
    forms.gle/eXHSMmw3aSAaYhye9

    #transition #transitiontown #justtransition #socialjustice

  16. What if... land, property, public spending benefited communities, supported fair jobs and shared wealth with many not just a few?

    Just Transition Wakefield has been exploring that with Unite Community Leeds & Wakefield and Climate Action Leeds and shared the story of "Wealth In Our Hands", an event building a coalition for Community Wealth Building...

    transitiontogether.org.uk/comm

    #CommunityWealth #CommunityWealthBuilding #transitiontown

  17. Desperate about politics as usual? We know the feeling...

    Assemblies are one way that ordinary people are re-imagining how politics could be. In these times, the way we listen to one another, think creatively together and decide on our best next steps is crucial to do better.

    Politics as usual deadens our ability to respond and care: new politics brings us together and uses processes that take us beyond polarisation into a deeper understanding of one another and our world.

    Join us this evening at 7.30pm to hear more about how this could work where you live - and how the Transition Assembly in February could bring our movement together to re-imagine and re-create the future...

    events.transitionmovement.org/

    #citizenassembly #peoplesassembly #powertothepeople #democracy #transition #transitiontown #local #community

  18. We are *super* excited for this event
    on Friday, teaming up with Cooperative Alternatives and Positive Carrickfergus to share and explore the glimpses of a better, thriving, resilient future already emerging across community projects in Northern Ireland.

    It's not too late to join us for The Future's Already Here: Communities Stepping into their power, a lively one-day event in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, to connect, inspire and make visible the change that's happening.

    Hear projects reinventing food systems, land and energy, showing the power of collective action, and our awesome keynote Anne Ryan, author of Enough is Plenty and an advocate of the care economy.

    Find the programme and link to book here: events.transitionmovement.org/ . and if it's too far to travel, we'll be sharing some of the highlights next week.

    #northernireland #carrick #transitiontown #communityled #communityaction #communitypower #climateaction #communityenergy #futureshere #inperson #changemakers

  19. We are *super* excited for this event
    on Friday, teaming up with Cooperative Alternatives and Positive Carrickfergus to share and explore the glimpses of a better, thriving, resilient future already emerging across community projects in Northern Ireland.

    It's not too late to join us for The Future's Already Here: Communities Stepping into their power, a lively one-day event in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, to connect, inspire and make visible the change that's happening.

    Hear projects reinventing food systems, land and energy, showing the power of collective action, and our awesome keynote Anne Ryan, author of Enough is Plenty and an advocate of the care economy.

    Find the programme and link to book here: events.transitionmovement.org/ . and if it's too far to travel, we'll be sharing some of the highlights next week.

    #northernireland #carrick #transitiontown #communityled #communityaction #communitypower #climateaction #communityenergy #futureshere #inperson #changemakers

  20. We are *super* excited for this event
    on Friday, teaming up with Cooperative Alternatives and Positive Carrickfergus to share and explore the glimpses of a better, thriving, resilient future already emerging across community projects in Northern Ireland.

    It's not too late to join us for The Future's Already Here: Communities Stepping into their power, a lively one-day event in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, to connect, inspire and make visible the change that's happening.

    Hear projects reinventing food systems, land and energy, showing the power of collective action, and our awesome keynote Anne Ryan, author of Enough is Plenty and an advocate of the care economy.

    Find the programme and link to book here: events.transitionmovement.org/ . and if it's too far to travel, we'll be sharing some of the highlights next week.

    #northernireland #carrick #transitiontown #communityled #communityaction #communitypower #climateaction #communityenergy #futureshere #inperson #changemakers

  21. We are *super* excited for this event
    on Friday, teaming up with Cooperative Alternatives and Positive Carrickfergus to share and explore the glimpses of a better, thriving, resilient future already emerging across community projects in Northern Ireland.

    It's not too late to join us for The Future's Already Here: Communities Stepping into their power, a lively one-day event in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, to connect, inspire and make visible the change that's happening.

    Hear projects reinventing food systems, land and energy, showing the power of collective action, and our awesome keynote Anne Ryan, author of Enough is Plenty and an advocate of the care economy.

    Find the programme and link to book here: events.transitionmovement.org/ . and if it's too far to travel, we'll be sharing some of the highlights next week.

    #northernireland #carrick #transitiontown #communityled #communityaction #communitypower #climateaction #communityenergy #futureshere #inperson #changemakers

  22. We are *super* excited for this event
    on Friday, teaming up with Cooperative Alternatives and Positive Carrickfergus to share and explore the glimpses of a better, thriving, resilient future already emerging across community projects in Northern Ireland.

    It's not too late to join us for The Future's Already Here: Communities Stepping into their power, a lively one-day event in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, to connect, inspire and make visible the change that's happening.

    Hear projects reinventing food systems, land and energy, showing the power of collective action, and our awesome keynote Anne Ryan, author of Enough is Plenty and an advocate of the care economy.

    Find the programme and link to book here: events.transitionmovement.org/ . and if it's too far to travel, we'll be sharing some of the highlights next week.

    #northernireland #carrick #transitiontown #communityled #communityaction #communitypower #climateaction #communityenergy #futureshere #inperson #changemakers

  23. If you find yourself a bit despondent about the future this morning - this is the EXACT moment to do something, change something, join something.

    Find a local group that's taking practical action to build a more just, more resilient, thriving future - or start one. There are 250 Transition groups across the England, Wales and Northern Ireland you could try, and lots of other networks and groups making a tangible difference.

    We're hosting 5 events this month which could help us find positive, practical ways forward together:

    Today, 6 Nov: What is a Movement?
    Wed 13 Nov: What is an Assembly?
    Fri 13 Nov: How Transition in helping communities adapt to climate crisis
    Fri 13 Nov: The Future's Already Here: Communities Stepping into their Power
    Wed 20 Nov: What is a Network?

    Join: transitiontogether.org.uk/even

    #Transition #hope #Transitiontown #climate #climateaction #community #future #climatediary

  24. What we can not #imagine, can not come into beeing (Gloria Jean Watkins) .

    Was wir uns nicht vorstellen können, kann nicht wahr werden oder verwirklicht werden.
    Rob #Hopkins zitiert Gloria Jean Watkins
    #townanywhere
    #transitiontown

    youtu.be/MUQWRjqy6Yo?si=zpRYkU

  25. Register for free and join us for this special Practising Transition webinar, celebrating the release of The Regeneration Handbook: Transform Yourself to Transform the World by Transition Network’s Training Coordinator Don Hall!

    Deeply rooted in the history of the Transition Movement, The Regeneration Handbook builds on “The Five Stages of Transition” from Rob Hopkins’ Transition Companion to present a clear and accessible pathway for deepening, broadening, and scaling up any community-based changemaking initiative over time. It also offers a bold new vision for unleashing a “second wave of Transition” that could end up being orders of magnitude bigger than its first.

    This event will be hosted by Deborah Benham, co-Lead Link for Transition Network. Following Don’s presentation, there will be time for Q&A and small group discussions to interrogate and explore these provocative ideas.

    practise.transitionmovement.or

    #transitiontown #transition #community #climateaction #climatediary

  26. It’s Libraries Week and we’re celebrating the many different libraries of all sorts run by Transition Groups.

    Like Share Portsmouth, running a library of things and repair cafe base out of a shopping centre in the middle of their town, making it easier for folks to get hold of items they use occasionally without having to buy, ship, store or chuck them once they are no longer needed.

    Transitioners in towns, cities and rural areas are running libraries of things, helping their communities become more connected and resilient, and people to share what they have and get what they need at much lower cost to their pockets and the planet.

    Visit or join your local Library of things, or spread the word and see who's interested in starting one in your area and let’s make this as handy and widespread as possible!

    Some examples we're celebrating today! Sustainable Tiverton's Share Shop Tiverton - A Library of Things, Transition Buxton Zero Carbon Guildford SERO Kew The Transition Little Seed Library Sustainable Starts children's clothes and nappy libraries, Exmouth Library of Things, and Crystal Palace Transition Town helped start the first Library of Things in London, The Green House St Albans and Transition Leytonstone have fab collections of environmental books to lend.
    And taking inspiration from the many other libraries of things across the country! The Edinburgh Tool Library Share Shed - A Library of Things SHARE Oxford Bath Share & Repair, Hull Library of Stuff and more!

    #LibrariesWeek #share #circulareconomy #community #climateaction #zerowaste #library #libraryofthings #ThisisTransition #Transitiontown

  27. Sustainable Starts was only born last year to help families find affordable and easy ways to make more green choices - now it’s growing up fast!

    The Liverpool-based Transition group runs a nappy library, regular clothes swaps, an eco-playgroup, partyware hire and its piloting a baby clothes lending scheme, where parents pay £2 a month for a bundle. When these clothes are outgrown, the set can be returned for the next size up.

    Started by four parents who know only too well the juggle of bills, kids, sleep and trying to do the right thing, they’ve always been motivated to bring families together and offer really practical, easy options. A Transition Together/Community Fund seedfunding grant helped them grow and try new projects out - now that experience has helped them secure a bigger £20,000 grant by the National Lottery Community Fund to further expand.

    The group said: “This funding will support us to keep delivering the projects we've got, and to expand what we're offering - watch this space..." We certainly will!

    #ThisisTransition #ecofamily #transitiontown #Liverpool #sustainablestarts #clothesswap #clothnappylibrary #sustainablefamily #communityaction #playgroup #climateaction

  28. Transitioners Assemble 🦸‍♀️🦹‍♂️
    Exciting news - our first Transition Assembly is now open for registration. Find out more about the Assembly, why it’s happening and how to participate here: transitiontogether.org.uk/abou

    #transitiontown #transition #climateaction #community

  29. Congrats to The Englefield Green Team creating thriving green spaces for people & nature, on getting Bee Friendly status for the village. 🐝🌺

    “Together, we can achieve something truly extraordinary, proving that we are greater than the sum of our parts.”

    #beefriendly #savethebees #nature #bees #Transition #Transitiontown

  30. Leadership, representation, power = we find them all right here, in our communities.

    We love this new film by We're Right Here: the campaign for community power. Join their call for a Community Power Act to make it easier for local people to unlock positive change for their places.

    vimeo.com/969558672

    #wererighthere #communitypower #localaction #transitiontown

  31. Tonight, in Totnes, a dragons' den with a difference. 🐲This time, the community are the dragons - able to help change the face of the local economy and town by investing ££, time or support in an e-car club, a newspaper, culture and food businesses.

    It's the 12 Local Entrepreneur Forum hosted the Reconomy Project, a hub aiming to support a strong, resilient and equitable local economy.

    Good luck to all four projects pitching! Find out more: reconomycentre.org/

    #neweconomy #socialenterprise #transitiontown #localeconomy #Devon #community #dragonsden

  32. "Facing the climate crisis is so much easier in good company".

    Katharine from Helston Climate Action Group shares about a project to roll out climate cafes across Cornwall, supportive spaces to come together and explore our feelings and reactions to what's happening in the world around us. From there, we can be recharged and refreshed to respond.

    Read her story of the first climate cafe facilitators training on a stormy day overlooking the sea and St Michael's Mount...

    transitiontogether.org.uk/tran

    This is one of almost 100 local projects supported by a Transition Together seed funding grant, made possible with support from The National Lottery Community Fund.

    #transitiontown #climatecafe #ClimateCrisis #community #climategrief #Cornwall @transitionfalmouth

  33. What if... our policymakers trying to tackle our trickiest issues were guided by imagination?

    In a bumper global election year, Transition co-founder Rob Hopkins has complied 600 ideas in a new Manifesto of Imagination. Harvested from a host of contributors to his podcast and others, the manifesto reimagines borders, care, the economy, everything.

    What's your favourite? And what would you add?

    robhopkins.net/2024/04/15/mini

    #imagination #manifesto #election #election2024 #transition #transitiontown #care #neweconomy

  34. Putting justice at the heart of Transition - what does that really mean? How does it show up in our community-level action? What do we need to change to make it happen?

    Just Transition Lead Rona Hardie joined us in the autumn and has been exploring these big questions:

    “I want to work alongside those engaging in community-led change to see how a Just Transition approach can be so much more than a tickbox exercise. Rather than being a barrier, it’s an opportunity to strengthen and grow our work for transformation. It is an opportunity to hear and embrace the full range of life experiences and needs, so that we can work to transform the inequality and oppression in current ways of doing things into a better, thriving, resilient future for everyone.”

    transitiontogether.org.uk/putt

    #transitiontown #justtransition #socialjustice #justice #equity #transition #transitiontowns #communityled #resilience

  35. Putting justice at the heart of Transition - what does that really mean? How does it show up in our community-level action? What do we need to change to make it happen?

    Just Transition Lead Rona Hardie joined us in the autumn and has been exploring these big questions:

    “I want to work alongside those engaging in community-led change to see how a Just Transition approach can be so much more than a tickbox exercise. Rather than being a barrier, it’s an opportunity to strengthen and grow our work for transformation. It is an opportunity to hear and embrace the full range of life experiences and needs, so that we can work to transform the inequality and oppression in current ways of doing things into a better, thriving, resilient future for everyone.”

    transitiontogether.org.uk/putt

    #transitiontown #justtransition #socialjustice #justice #equity #transition #transitiontowns #communityled #resilience

  36. Putting justice at the heart of Transition - what does that really mean? How does it show up in our community-level action? What do we need to change to make it happen?

    Just Transition Lead Rona Hardie joined us in the autumn and has been exploring these big questions:

    “I want to work alongside those engaging in community-led change to see how a Just Transition approach can be so much more than a tickbox exercise. Rather than being a barrier, it’s an opportunity to strengthen and grow our work for transformation. It is an opportunity to hear and embrace the full range of life experiences and needs, so that we can work to transform the inequality and oppression in current ways of doing things into a better, thriving, resilient future for everyone.”

    transitiontogether.org.uk/putt

    #transitiontown #justtransition #socialjustice #justice #equity #transition #transitiontowns #communityled #resilience

  37. Putting justice at the heart of Transition - what does that really mean? How does it show up in our community-level action? What do we need to change to make it happen?

    Just Transition Lead Rona Hardie joined us in the autumn and has been exploring these big questions:

    “I want to work alongside those engaging in community-led change to see how a Just Transition approach can be so much more than a tickbox exercise. Rather than being a barrier, it’s an opportunity to strengthen and grow our work for transformation. It is an opportunity to hear and embrace the full range of life experiences and needs, so that we can work to transform the inequality and oppression in current ways of doing things into a better, thriving, resilient future for everyone.”

    transitiontogether.org.uk/putt

    #transitiontown #justtransition #socialjustice #justice #equity #transition #transitiontowns #communityled #resilience

  38. Putting justice at the heart of Transition - what does that really mean? How does it show up in our community-level action? What do we need to change to make it happen?

    Just Transition Lead Rona Hardie joined us in the autumn and has been exploring these big questions:

    “I want to work alongside those engaging in community-led change to see how a Just Transition approach can be so much more than a tickbox exercise. Rather than being a barrier, it’s an opportunity to strengthen and grow our work for transformation. It is an opportunity to hear and embrace the full range of life experiences and needs, so that we can work to transform the inequality and oppression in current ways of doing things into a better, thriving, resilient future for everyone.”

    transitiontogether.org.uk/putt

    #transitiontown #justtransition #socialjustice #justice #equity #transition #transitiontowns #communityled #resilience

  39. If you are working to bring about change in your local area - and your council is a part of the picture, don't miss the latest sessions in our Working with Councils series.
    Join our deep dives on 6 and 13 February when these experienced change-makers will share what they've learned:

    🛠 On Tues 6 Feb, Cristiano Bottone (Muncipalities in Transition and Transition Italia) shares the brilliant *Local Transformation Toolkit* he created.

    🛠 On Tues 13 Feb, Frances Northrop (NEF Associate Fellow and Totnes Community Development Society) explores the different ways to bring change with our councils: campaigning, policy, practice and culture.

    All welcome to attend! Details for these and our other Spring events: transitiontogether.org.uk/even

    #localCouncil #localauthority #community #SystemChange #campaign #transitiontown

  40. Transition is not only about the climate or environment, it’s about bringing communities together and building our connections and strength.

    With December just around the corner, Sustainable St Alban’s is inviting neighbours to get together and decorate their windows for a lovely, light-filled trail. It started in lockdown, but it's just kept going.

    They have several great guides and ideas for bringing your street or community together, including swaps and shares, community events, ‘Playing Out’ car free play days and spaces to open up conversations. Check them out at the link in bio!

    @sustainablesta #festivestreets #festivelights #neighbours #communitybuilding #communityaction #transitiontown #transition #Christmas #StAlbans

  41. How do we build skills among our communities for a new & better economy?

    That's the challenge Bolton Diggers set themselves, with free practical workshops engaging people across their area.

    At our recent event, Alan told us their seed funding story, and you can watch it back here: youtu.be/pbCAwm88rqU?feature=s

    Transition Together seed funding, made possible thanks to National Lottery Community Fund, is currently open for applications until 7 January.

    #neweconomy #reconomy #alternativeeconomy #diggers #bolton #communityskills #skillshare #seedfunding #transitiontown #transition #buildthefuture

  42. Got weekend plans? We do!

    😊HKD in Transition is relaunching as Greene Hhassocks & Ditchling with an open day
    🤸‍♂️ Sustainable Northwich hosts the Sustainable Cheshire festival
    🛠 Kew the Transition Share and Repair
    🥦 Transition Town Rugby Produce Swap
    🍎 Transition Haverfordwest Orchard Mawr harvest and juicing day
    🎥 Transition Leytonstone film night
    💧 Transition Bewdley marking Rivers Day with art, music and citizen science
    🌱 Transition Evesham Vale seed swap
    🎉 Transition Monmouth bringing their projects to the Action on Climate Emergency festival
    🦀 Deal With It joining in the #GreatBritishBeachClean
    🐟 Festival of the River Exe finale with Salmon run with Transition Exmouth Transition Exeter and Sustainable Tiverton
    🎪 Sustainable Crediton Big Green Fair and Green Trail
    🛌 Vision 21 gloucestershire Reclaim store is open for pre-loved furniture.
    What else??

    #transitiontown #climateaction #localaction #communityaction #cheshire #kent #RiverExe #Gloucestershire #Monmouth

  43. Two years ago, Transition group Zero Carbon Guildford moved into a former New Look high street store and transformed it into a buzzing community climate hub.

    Volunteers set up a library of things, community fridge, zero waste shop, baby clothes library, business network and a vertical farm growing salad crops.

    They ran cinema, quiz and open mic nights, a food waste feast along the high street, and a climate conversation group.

    They trained energy advisors and citizen scientists to test the local river’s water quality, and hosted dozens of groups from other communities who wanted to create a hub just like theirs.

    In two years, they reckon their projects have saved a whooping 583 tonnes of CO2 emissions from their community.

    It shows how people who are concerned can come together, and have a real, tangible impact and engage whole new audiences with some volunteer power and a meantime space. It’s why they won innovative UK climate project in the Climate Coalition’s annual awards this year.

    Now their lease is up, and they want to take Zero Carbon Guildford to a new home and the next level. They’ve set up a crowdfunder, hoping to find out what they could achieve with great capacity and a more permanent space.

    Find out more and their advice for anyone else setting up a similar community climate hub: transitiontogether.org.uk/buil

    #climatehub #communityhub #guildford #libraryofthings #zerocarbon #babylibrary #communityfridge #zerowastecafe #terracycle #citizenscience #climatecoalition #communityaction #transitiontown #crowdfunder

  44. They were queuing up at Wilmslow Community Market Gardens first ever stall at the town’s market last month! 🥕🍅🥦

    Transition Wilmslow is working towards a ring of gardens around the town growing much of its fruit and veg, and this gave them a new outlet to get the fresh, local, organic food to people.

    They also have a stall at their Oakenclough garden at a local children’s centre, and this month, they’re working with a local chef to run ‘plot to plate’ sessions with local families – harvesting straight from the allotment and cooking it up in tasty dishes on the day.

    It’s funded by a Transition Together seed funding grant, made possible thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund.

    #marketgarden #localfood #slowfood #growitourselves #communitygarden #wilmslow #cheshire #wilmslowartisanmarket #oakenclough #buylocal #growourown #transition #transitiontown

  45. This new community electric car took it's first trip in the Llandrindod carnival parade earlier this month. 🎉💃

    Llandrindod Transition and Tripto Car Club worked together to raise funds and public support for the project. Public transport in their part of mid-Wales is limited - now people can now join the car club and borrow for trips without having to own their own vehicle.

    It's one of three community cars Tripto look after in the area - and interest is certainly growing: "More and more people are feeling empowered in the fight against climate change and air pollution by driving one of our shared electric vehicles."

    The solutions we need aren't just about individuals making different choices - there's lots to be done to give people new alternatives in the first place.

    Well done to everyone at Llandrindod Transition and Tripto for making the idea a reality and opening up access to greener travel in your area!

    #carclub #greentravel #EVcar #electriccar #Llandrindod #transitiontown #communityaction #communitycar #borrowdontbuy #Walesclimateaction